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Show Your Love on Mother’s Day for Your Mom & Mama Lucy

Amy Sample Ward

Last year, using the theme of gratitude and TweetsGiving, Epic Change catalyzed the global community to help build a school in Tanzania. According to the LA Times, this year Americans alone will spend $14.6 Use #tomamawithlove in Twitter. Just imagine. billion on Mother’s Day. You can see the one Stacey made here.).

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Happy TweetsGiving! Epic Thanks!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As the event has evolved, TweetsGiving is not about Twitter. It’s an event to express the gratitude and the transformative power our thankfulness can have when we share it with one another. This year, TweetsGiving becomes Epic Thanks to indicate the broader impact of the event. Have a fabulous holiday!

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last August, I saw the impact of Twitter's velocity first-hand with a fundraising experiment. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. Let's take a look at the brief history of fundraising on Twitter and lessons learned.

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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It’s that time of year when we are ready to open our hearts in gratitude and do good things for others. I’d like to highlight two wonderful campaigns that could be wonderful ways to show your gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving! The call to action? Every Thanksgiving since, Stacey has launched a gratitude campaign.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. But I think it’s also the road to really fully becoming global.” Now don’t get me wrong, I love you people. Doing good isn’t our job, it’s everyone’s.

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Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob

Amy Sample Ward

to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. In reaction to the Causes announcement, Economist bureau chief Matthew Bishop tweeted “Who knew it was on MySpace?”

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Before exploring the questions around limitations and needs, I want to share a couple examples of things happening right now to remind us that even though it will take a lot of work, and honestly a good bit of time, that we are already moving. Have people heard of 350.org org before? Have you heard the number 350 parts per million?

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